Sanfrecce Hiroshima have gone over 2.5 goals in 11 of 20 league games this season (55%) — 40% at home, 70% away. They've scored 32 and conceded 22, so their matches average 2.70 goals, and both teams have scored in 65% of them. Record: 10-4-6 in the J1 League, where the division average is 47% over 2.5.
Full Sanfrecce Hiroshima season view in the app →They are one of the division's more open sides: 55% of their games beat 2.5 goals, 9 points above the J1 League average of 47%. That ranks them 2nd of 20 for goals in their matches, 3rd for scoring (1.60 a game) and 15th for goals conceded (1.10). They've kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in 20 games — a defence that shuts games down more often than the attack goes missing.
Across 20 matches with half-time data, 57% of the goals in their games have come after the break (23 before, 31 after). Sanfrecce Hiroshima themselves have scored 14 in first halves and 18 in second.
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | O2.5 | O3.5 | BTTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 22 | 55% | 25% | 65% |
| Home | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 40% | 10% | 70% |
| Away | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 70% | 40% | 60% |
Home/away splits are small samples — our 30,582-match study found ~94% of such gaps are indistinguishable from chance, which is why the app's ratings pool them rather than trusting the split.
Their most common result this season is 2–1 (3 times). Biggest win: 4–0 away at Kyoto Sanga (Sun 17 May). Heaviest defeat: 1–3 away at Shimizu S-pulse. 1 of their 20 games have produced five goals or more. They are unbeaten in 6.
In 38 league games last season Sanfrecce Hiroshima's matches went over 2.5 goals 42% of the time. This season they're running hotter at 55%, up 13 points, though 20 games is a small sample to read much into.